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All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap and Hip-Hop
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The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop
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The Gospel of Hip Hop: The First Instrument
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Gangsta Rap Coloring Book
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Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop
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Bomb the Suburbs: Graffiti, Race, Freight-Hopping and the Search for Hip Hop's Moral Center
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Tupac: Resurrection, 1971-1996
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The Spoken Word Revolution
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Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies
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The Way I Am
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Decoded
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Rakim Told Me: Wax Facts Straight from the Original Artists--The '80s.
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It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
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Illmatic
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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
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Paul's Boutique
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Pass the Mic: Beastie Boys 1991-1996
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Back in the Days
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Yes Yes Y'all: The Experience Music Project Oral History Of Hip-hop's First Decade
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And It Don't Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years
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The Hip Hop Years: A History of Rap
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The Vibe History of Hip Hop
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Hip Hop Divas
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Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
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There's a God on the Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs
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Hip Hop America
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Other People's Property: A Shadow History of Hip-Hop in White America
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Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America
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Move The Crowd
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Rebel for the Hell of It: The Life of Tupac Shakur
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Life and Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God
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A Brief History of Rhyme and Bass: Growing Up with Hip-Hop
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King of Rock: Respect, Responsibility, and My Life with Run-DMC
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Spectacular Vernaculars: Hip-Hop and the Politics of Postmodernism
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Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America
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The Last Black Mecca: Hip Hop : A Black Cultural Awareness Phenomena and It's African-American Community
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Westsiders
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United States Vs Hip Hop the Historical and Political Significance of Rap Music
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The Art of Emceeing (Emcee-ing): an Easy to Follow Step-by-step Guide for the Aspiring Hip-hop Artist
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The Book of Hip Hop Cover Art
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Tougher Than Leather: The Rise of Run-DMC
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Def Jam, Inc. : Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Influential Hip-Hop Label
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Oh Snap!: The Rap Photography of Ricky Powell
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Painting without Permission: Hip-Hop Graffiti Subculture
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Hip Hop Files: Photographs, 1979-1984
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Atmosphere: Rhymesayers
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Outkast's Aquemini (33 1/3)
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Glow in the Dark
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The Last Poets: Vibes From The Scribes Selected Poems
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On A Mission: Selected Poems and a History of the Last Poets
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Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop
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Who Shot Ya?: Three Decades of HipHop Photography
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Thank You and You're Welcome
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Through the Wire: Lyrics and Illuminations
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Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop
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Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay Investigations from NYPD's First "Hip-Hop Cop"
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The Rose That Grew From Concrete
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Now and Then...
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And It Don't Stop
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Big Up
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DEFinition: The Art and Design of Hip-Hop
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Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label
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The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground
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Gone Till November
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My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy
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Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present
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Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1: 1970s-1981
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Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 2: 1981-1983
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Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap
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Mr. West (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
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The Cultural Impact of Kanye West
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Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
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Hip Hop Headphones: A Scholar’s Critical Playlist
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Hip-Hop's Underground Revealed
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The Hip-Hop Underground and African American Culture: Beneath the Surface
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Hip Hop Underground: The Integrity and Ethics of Racial Identification
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The Geto Boys
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The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
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The New H.N.I.C.: The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop
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Back to the Lab: Hip Hop Home Studios
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Jay-Z: Made in America
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, said the shotgun to the head.
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Together Forever: The Run-DMC and Beastie Boys Photographs
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Hip Hop at the End of the World: The Photography of Brother Ernie
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The Big Book of Hip Hop Photography
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From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan
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The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle
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